The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-07
FROM ASTORIA TO YAQUINA.
NEWPORT, August 4. 1887.

NEWPORT, August 4, 1881.
Having had a desire for some time
to see the country in and about va
quina bay, 1 packed my grip and
started on board the Telephone last
Wednesday morning, which landed
me in Portland in due time. After
spending the night there with mine
host @. W. Knowles, ! take the east
side o. & @. train at 8:15 A. II. and at
1920 P. N. find myself In Albany,
ready for dinner, which / find ready
at the depot hotel. After refreshing
the inner man, we step across the
street where we board the Oregon
Pacific train, which stands ready to
start for the coast. At 1:30 the con-
ductor is heard to say "all aboardP'
the bell rings and the train moves out
and upon q well built bridge across
the Willamette, just below Albany;
then through the fields to Corvallis
where we find very neat little depot.
Leaving Corvallis, We make almost
straight run TO Philomath, from
which place we commenced to climb
the Coast Range by winding around
up through the canyon, following up
the Marys river. The grade is very
even and the road is very we'll bal
lasted for so new a line. We have
seen much older roads that were not
in as good condition.
After long pull we reach the sum-
NIT, which is "a miles from Corvallis;
then we commence to descend toward
the coast, which is 48 miles from the
summit. Here We find for the first
eight miles some very heavy grades,
in places reaching ll6 feet to the
mile. After a run OF about 80 miles
down a very crooked route, one could
very easily imagine himself heading
for Astoria down Young's river: the
hills, stream. tide land and timber all
very much resemble those of the
Young's river country; and as You
near Yaquina bay You can smell the
salt air, which is very refreshing TO
one coming from the hot valley on
the other side. We arrive at the
head of tide water, Elk City; next We
reach Toledo, seven miles above Va
quina City, at which place we arrive
at $40 p. n. Here we find large
and well kept hotel belonging to the
railroad company, good docks, freight
sheds, etc. From here to Newport,
three miles further down the bay, al
most at the mouth, being situated
something like Fort Candy, just be-
hind big sand hill which shelters it
from the beach, there are two trans
fer boats, the MOnteSGno and the Ter
reSa May. Arriving at Newport We
find two good hotels, the Bay View
house and the Ocean house, which
are taxed to their full capacity at
this season OF the year. Many peo-
pie also are camping out on the bills
above the town. We notice several
general merchandise stores, butcher
shops, barber shops, one restaurant
and several saloons. The place has a
lively appearance. We also noticed
several former Astorians among the
residents here: Capt. Steve Babbage
and family, Harry Lord and family,
Capt. John Welch anG family, Capt.
John Ferrell and family, Oscar Will
son and AL. Church. all of whom are
from Astoria and are in the steam
boat business here.
The government is pushing the
work on the ietty and it is proving
successful.
There are three steamers running
between here and San Francisco,
making trips every five days. The
Willamette Valley sails at u (noon]
tomorrow, on which we will take pas
sage for San Francisco.
More anon. JACK.